This episode was originally published as a Patreon exclusive on 2 June 2019.
This is our first bonus episode to take place outside of Ireland, but involves an Irish couple living and working in Australia.
Tina Cahill and David ‘Motcha’ Walsh met in Sydney after they both moved in 2013. Their relationship was turbulent and marked with violent incidents. They got engaged in late 2016, but only months later, David Walsh was dead.
You’ll hear the word “allegedly” throughout this episode, as David wasn’t around in court to tell his side of the story relating to his behaviour in their relationship.
Music:
Kevin McLeod, Quinns Song : The Dance Begins. (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sources:
Margaret Scheikowski, “Tina Cahill set to be deported from Australia after five years in jail for fiance’s violent knife death” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/tina-cahill-set-to-be-deported-from-australia-after-five-years-in-jail-for-fiancs-violent-knife-death-37622067.html (13 December 2018)
Padraig Byrne, “Tina Cahill sentenced to 8 years for Motcha’s stabbing in Australia” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/tina-cahill-sentenced-to-8-years-for-motchas-stabbing-in-australia-37635146.html (22 December 2018)
Emma Costello, “Girl, 13, says Irish backpacker who stabbed abusivve fiance to death is ‘pure evil’” from Extra.ie https://extra.ie/2018/11/19/news/world-news/tina-cahill-david-walsh-trial-irish-backpacker-murder (19 November 2018)
Megan Palin, “Young girl tells killer: ‘I hope you rot in hell” from News.com.au https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/young-girl-tells-killer-i-hope-you-rot-in-hell/news-story/4c6f02ff23d09f5ca0ca7c1db9e035c5 (19 November 2018)
“Irish woman stabbed fiance 18 months before killing in Sydney, court told” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/irish-woman-stabbed-fiance-18-months-before-killing-in-sydney-court-told-1.3682666 (1 November 2018)
Aine Hegarty, “Tina Cahill breaks down as she tells court of relationship with David Walsh” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/tina-cahill-breaks-down-tells-13521417 (2 November 2018)
William Dunne, “Tina Cahill breaks silence after being jailed for killing fiance David Walsh in Sydney, Australia” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/tina-cahill-breaks-silence-after-13748845 (18 December 2018)
Aine Hegarty, “Exes of Tina Cahill ho killed fiance David Walsh submit statements to Sydney Court” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/david-walsh-tina-cahil-trial-13582138 (13 November 2018)
Megan Palin, “Fiance Killer: he called me a ‘rat and a dog’” from News.com.au https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/fiance-killer-he-called-me-a-rat-and-a-dog/news-story/1cac804e81a4e1719f9867d5ded84e9a (14 November 2018)
Elsa McEvoy, “Oz Kill Trial: Wexford woman Tina Cahill accused of stabbing fiance in the neck last year will go on trial in Sydney today” in The Irish Sun https://www.thesun.ie/news/3287286/tina-cahill-accused-of-stabbing-fiance-trial-today/ (22 October 2018)
“Tina Cahill admits fatally stabbing fiance in Sydney ‘while suffering PTSD’” from BreakingNews.ie https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/tina-cahill-admits-fatally-stabbing-fiance-in-sydney-while-suffering-ptsd-878503.html (23 October 2018)
Robin Schiller and Margaret Scheikowski, “Woman admits she stabbed fiance to death with broken bottle – but says he drove her to it” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/courts/woman-admits-she-stabbed-fiance-to-death-with-broken-bottle-but-says-he-drove-her-to-it-37452245.html (24 October 2018) (24 October 2018) (noted that headline is misleading and factually incorrect)
“Irish woman charged with fiance’s murder in Sydney” from RTE.ie https://www.herald.ie/news/courts/woman-admits-she-stabbed-fiance-to-death-with-broken-bottle-but-says-he-drove-her-to-it-37452245.html (18 February 2017)
Eimear Lowe, “Wexford woman jailed for killing fiance in Sydney” from RTE.ie https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/1212/1016659-cathrina-cahill/ (12 December 2018) https://www.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/news/australian-trial-is-told-of-tinas-hell-37495040.html
“Australian trial is told of Tina’s hell” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/news/australian-trial-is-told-of-tinas-hell-37495040.html ( 10 November 2018)
Lauren Kelly, “Irish man stabbed to death in Australia is to be buried in Co Wexford tomorrow” in The Irish Sun https://www.thesun.ie/news/645279/irish-man-stabbed-to-death-in-australia-is-to-be-buried-in-co-wexford-tomorrow/ (28th February 2017)
David Looby, “County Wexofrd reeling after woamn charged with murder of fiance in Australia” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/county-wexford-reeling-after-woman-charged-with-murder-of-fianc-in-australia-35468813.html (25 February 2017)
Barry Moran, “Wexford carpenterallegedly killed by fiance in Australia was accused of glassing someone in a pub hours before he was stabbed” in The Irish Sun https://www.thesun.ie/news/1709311/wexford-carpenter-allegedly-killed-by-fiancee-in-australia-was-accused-of-glassing-someone-in-a-pub-hours-before-he-was-stabbed/ (23rd October 2017)
AVO (Aus) information : https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/crime/domestic_and_family_violence/apprehended_violence_orders_avo
Protection Orders (Ireland) https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/problems_in_marriages_and_other_relationships/barring_safety_and_protection_orders.html